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ExecuJet Malaysia Plans New MRO Facility
By: William Dennis
Caption: ExecuJet MRO Services Malaysia (EMSM) plans to build a new 150,000-sq-ft facility at Kuala Lumpur Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport.
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ExecuJet MRO Services Malaysia (EMSM) plans to build a new facility at Kuala Lumpur Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport. According to ExecuJet MRO Services Asia vice president Ivan Lim, the maintenance hangar will have up to 150,000 sq ft and will be able to accommodate 10 to 15 ultra-long-range business jets. His aim is to have the integrated facility operational in 2021 or 2022, depending on approvals from the local authorities.

EMSM started operations at the airport in 2009 from it existing 64,000-sq-ft facility, providing line and base maintenance for Dassault Aviation, Bombardier and Gulfstream aircraft. It also does avionics upgrades and modifications.

With the new facility, the company plans to expand its capabilities to include component repair, cabin modification, and stripping and painting. The technical team will also be expanded from the current 50 to 80.

“With the new facility it will further reinforce our status as a key centre for business aviation MRO in the region,” Lim noted. Currently 95 percent of EMSM’s business is from China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Australia, and Thailand.

ExecuJet MRO Services, which was acquired by Dassault Aviation earlier this year, provides maintenance support capabilities for a diverse collection of business aircraft types in 42 countries globally.